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The Elephant
Slawomir Mrozek
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Description for The Elephant
Paperback. Offers a collection of short stories that satirizes the life in Poland under a totalitarian regime. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
The Elephant (1957) is Slawomir Mrozek's award-winning collection of hilarious and unnerving short stories, satirising life in Poland under a totalitarian regime. The family of a wealthy lawyer keep a 'tamed progressive' as a pet; a zoo saves money for the workers by fashioning their elephant from rubber; a swan is dismissed from the municipal park for public drunkenness; and under the Writers' Association, literary critics are banished to the salt mines. In these tales of bureaucrats, officials and artists, Mrozek conjures perfectly a life of imagined crimes and absurd authority.
The Elephant (1957) is Slawomir Mrozek's award-winning collection of hilarious and unnerving short stories, satirising life in Poland under a totalitarian regime. The family of a wealthy lawyer keep a 'tamed progressive' as a pet; a zoo saves money for the workers by fashioning their elephant from rubber; a swan is dismissed from the municipal park for public drunkenness; and under the Writers' Association, literary critics are banished to the salt mines. In these tales of bureaucrats, officials and artists, Mrozek conjures perfectly a life of imagined crimes and absurd authority.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Penguin Modern Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141193045
SKU
V9780141193045
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About Slawomir Mrozek
Slawomir Mrozek (born in 1930) is now principally known as Poland's master of Absurd Theatre, in plays such as Striptease, Repeat Performance and Vatzlav. He began his career though with the timeless story collection The Elephant with its extraordinary illustrations by Daniel Mroz.
Reviews for The Elephant
Extraordinary . . . Mrozek's brief fables are something like Kafka's stories, but they're funnier
Spectator
The satiric intent is unambiguous, and offers hope to the oppressed mind...so deft and so piercing
Nicholas Lezard
Guardian
[The series] sheds remarkable light on the literature, culture and politics of the region...anyone coming fresh to the field will ... Read more
Spectator
The satiric intent is unambiguous, and offers hope to the oppressed mind...so deft and so piercing
Nicholas Lezard
Guardian
[The series] sheds remarkable light on the literature, culture and politics of the region...anyone coming fresh to the field will ... Read more